Skip Marley
Artist. Revival
- Active
- 2015-present
- Sunrise
- June 4, 1996, Kingston, Jamaica
Skip Marley, born Skip Marley Minto in Kingston on June 4, 1996, is a singer and songwriter, the son of Cedella Marley and David Minto and a grandson of Bob and Rita Marley.
He grew up in Miami and taught himself piano, drums, guitar, and bass. He first performed at fifteen, when his uncle Stephen Marley brought him on stage to sing the chorus of "One Love," and he toured with Stephen and Damian Marley on their Catch a Fire tour. His first singles, "Cry to Me" and "Life," came out on Tuff Gong in 2015 and 2016. He signed to Island in 2017 and released "Lions," which was used in a Pepsi advertisement, and the same year Katy Perry's "Chained to the Rhythm," on which he is featured, reached the top ten in several countries; the two performed it at the Grammy Awards.
He then released singles rather than an album, among them "Calm Down," "Refugee," "That's Not True" with Damian Marley, and "Slow Down" with H.E.R. (2019), which reached number one on Billboard's Adult R&B chart. His debut EP, Higher Place (2020) collected those singles along with "Make Me Feel" with Rick Ross and Ari Lennox, and was nominated for the Grammy for best reggae album; "Slow Down" was nominated for best R&B song. Larson Sutton heard him there as "confident, relaxed, and content to carve out his own place in the empire." "Vibe," with Popcaan, followed in 2021. His recording of "Exodus" is on the Bob Marley: One Love soundtrack collection, which won the Grammy for best reggae album at the 2025 ceremony.
Last updated November 5, 2026
Connections
- Bob Marley (grandparent)
- Ziggy Marley (uncle)
- Lee "Scratch" Perry (producer)
- Damian Marley (collaborator)
- Stephen Marley (collaborator)
Notes
- "Skip Marley," Wikipedia, accessed October 5, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Marley.
- "Skip Marley," Wikipedia. See also "Biography: Skip Marley," Reggaeville, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/skip-marley/about/.
- "Biography: Skip Marley." He recalls that Stephen "gave me the mic, and from that moment on, I felt music." Emilia Petrarca, "Skip Marley, Bob Marley's 21-Year-Old Grandson, Is Ready to Start a Peaceful Movement of His Own," W Magazine, June 19, 2017, https://www.wmagazine.com/story/skip-marley-music. On the Catch a Fire tour, "Skip Marley," Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia dates both singles to 2015; Reggaeville dates "Cry to Me" to 2016. "Skip Marley," Wikipedia; "Biography: Skip Marley."
- On Island, "Lions," the Pepsi film, and the Grammy performance of February 12, 2017, "Skip Marley," Wikipedia. Reggaeville calls the Perry single "a Top10 pop hit in several countries"; Grammy.com says it made him "the first in his family to hit the Top 10" on the Hot 100. "Biography: Skip Marley."; Ana Monroy Yglesias, "Skip Marley Asks Us to 'Slow Down' for Press Play," Grammy.com, September 17, 2020, https://www.grammy.com/news/skip-marley-asks-us-slow-down-press-play/.
- "Biography: Skip Marley." Grammy.com calls him the "first Jamaican-born artist" to reach number one on that chart. Yglesias, "Skip Marley Asks Us to 'Slow Down.'"
- Both nominations were at the 63rd Grammy Awards. "Skip Marley," artist page, Grammy.com, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.grammy.com/artists/skip-marley/287380. On the EP and "Make Me Feel," "Skip Marley," Wikipedia.
- Larson Sutton, "Skip Marley - Higher Place," review, Reggaeville, August 29, 2020, https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/bob-marley/releases/mode/review/release/skip-marley-higher-place-ep.
- "Biography: Skip Marley."
- His "Exodus" is on "Bob Marley: One Love (Music Inspired by the Film)." "Various - Bob Marley: One Love (Music Inspired By The Film)," Discogs, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.discogs.com/release/31253836. The deluxe edition of that album won Best Reggae Album at the 67th Grammy Awards. "Best Reggae Album 2025 Winners & Nominees," Grammy.com, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/best-reggae-album/2025/.
